Cadence Day at Texas A&M University

The Cadence Academic Network enthusiastically partners with universities to enhance the ties between our business focus areas and academic disciplines. We are excited to collaborate with professors on innovative research and curriculum enhancement, offer students hands-on access to cutting-edge Cadence technology in their classrooms and labs, and inspire them to explore how they can make a valuable impact in the semiconductor and electronic systems industry.

This year, we hosted Cadence Days at MIT, Prairie View A&M University, Notre Dame, Stanford, and more. These engagements allowed us to network with hundreds of students and engage in meaningful conversations with professors and faculty. Cadence highlighted challenges in the industry that academia is poised to address, and we learned about their areas of research, allowing our business leaders to find collaboration opportunities. Continuing to develop these fruitful connections, we hosted another Cadence Day, this time at Texas A&M University!

From right to left: Nick Wyman, Jags Jayachandran, Professor Stavros Kalafatis, David Junkin, Benjamin Sarpong, Albert Zeng, Paul Scannell

The Cadence team and the esteemed community at Texas A&M recently met for a highly anticipated Cadence Day. Although not Cadence's first time on campus, this busy day of networking, knowledge exchange, and collaboration ensured that it would not be our last. We intend to continue fostering our meaningful partnership with Texas A&M Engineering, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, and professors and faculty.

Industry-Academic Collaboration

The day was buzzing with energy as Cadence leadership held inspiring discussions with dedicated faculty focused on many technical topics, including AI-assisted process node porting, IC design advances, hardware design security, thermal/liquid modeling, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and more. It was a fast-paced day with 30-minute segments dedicated to various topics, featuring experts from both industry and academia who aimed to exchange ideas and identify collaboration opportunities. With bright minds like these given the opportunity to connect, we are excited to see the innovations that arise.

 "At Cadence, we are dedicated to providing the best quality solutions and services. By partnering with academia, we ensure we stay at the cutting edge by tapping into their knowledge and investing in the next generation of innovators."

- Paul Scannell, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations (WFO) of Cadence

Paul Scannell delivering keynote

The world of electronics is accelerating quickly. To meet the needs of the industry, academia is tasked with quickly preparing the next generation of innovators with the skills they need to make an impact. This is no simple task, so the networking lunch discussion was focused on workforce development with the Texas A&M Semiconductor Institute (TSI), deliberating ways to improve engineering education and ramp up future engineers with skills needed to thrive in the industry. The TSI was established in response to the CHIPS and Science Act, providing a coordinated response to state and federal CHIPS initiatives. Cadence understands the importance of uplifting the next generation to thrust innovation forward and is intrigued by the possibilities of this connection.

Patrick Seiber, Director for PR at Texas A&M at Texas A&M University System's George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex

The schedule also included tours of the Giesecke Engineering Research Building (GERB) and The Texas A&M University System's George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex. GERB is an integrative engineering research facility focused on nanofabrication, materials characterization, and energy research. The facility includes nanofabrication laboratories, the Corrosion Science and Materials Reliability Laboratory, and research space for faculty, staff, and students working for the Texas A&M Energy Institute.

The Bush Combat Development Complex's mission is to conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation of critical national security technologies with world-class researchers and partners using relevant state-of-the-art laboratory and testing facilities. The overlap of technology focuses makes for a natural development of this partnership, and we look forward to seeing how Cadence can contribute to these facilities' overall goals.

From right to left: Albert Zeng, Nick Wyman, Kam Kittrell, Jags Jayachandran, Rwik Sengupta, Benjamin Sarpong, Robert Sarkissian, Nicholas Hernandez (TEES Strategic Initiatives Specialist)

We are excited about the bright future ahead! The professors at Texas A&M Engineering are developing the talented engineers who will impact the future of the semiconductor and electronic systems industry.

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